Groups fear delay in enforcement of protection for bee will become permanent

A decision by the Trump administration to delay protections of a bee is creating a legal buzz.

The rusty patched bumblebee was once common across the Midwest and Northeast but is now at risk of going extinct. The Obama administration granted the bee endangered-species status in early January. That status was set to take effect Feb. 10, but the Trump administration on that day announced it would delay listing the bee to March 21.